How to Run A Seder with Rabbi Tuvia Berman A basic introduction
Mitzvoth of the Seder: ● Torah: ● Matzah ● Telling the story ● Rabbinic ● 4 cups of wine (leaning?) ● Bitter Herbs (Marror) ● Singing Hallel
Important To Have Good Haggadah ● Hebrew / English ● Clear Instructions ● Fun Pictures (?) ● For Seder, don't need commentaries ● Many free to download ● Don't forget – can do entire seder in English!
Free Haggadot On-line Jewish Agency List of Free Haggadot: http://archive.jewishagency.org/haggadah/content/36926 Chabad Hebrew/English https://w3.chabad.org/media/pdf/1125/rCjo11252600.pdf A Different Night: https://www.haggadahsrus.com/
Tools For The Evening ● Passover Table Setting ● 3oz. Or larger wine glasses per/person + 1 ● Nice Plate for Seder Plate ● Best Stuff ● Corkscrew ● The clothing makes the person (and the mood)
Ingredients For Seder ● 3 (Shmura Matzahs) Per/Person Per/Night ● Wine or Grape Juice – enough for 4, 3oz (or larger, but not too large) cups per/person per/night ● 1 Egg – boiled and/or roasted ● Some roasted bone or something ● A vegetable – parsley, celery, carrot, potato, banana, etc. ● Sharp/bitter vegetable (raw): romaine and/or horseradish ● Salt water – made prior to seder ● Haroset – mixture of apples, cinnamon, nuts, wine etc. ● Food for the meal
Eruv Tavshilin ● Take two cooked items – Egg – Matzah ● Read blessing and declaration in the Haggadah ● Set aside until Shabbat
The Seder Plate ● The seder plate contains: Vegetable, Egg, Bone, Haroset, Bitter Veg., and Second Bitter veg. ● It doesn't have to be special for Passover
Amounts ● Wine: 4 x 3oz – Most of the cup – Grape juice fine ● Matzah – First – ½ to ¾ Machine – Second ½ Machine – Afikoment ½ to ¾ Machine ● Marror – 2 lettuce leaves (horseradish for fun)
About Leaning (to the left) ● Lean: Wine, Matzah, and SandwichWhenever need to lean, lean to left ● Can use second chair and pillow ● If forgot, if can go back, do, if not, not
Fifteen Steps ( רדס) 1. Kadesh - Sanctjfy 9. Maror - Bituer Herbs 2. Urchatz - Wash Your Hands 10. Korech - The Hillel Sandwich 3. Karpas - Appetjzer 11. Shulchan Orech - The Festjve Meal 4. Yachatz - Break the Middle Matzah 12. Tzafun - Eat the Afjkoman 5. Maggid - Tell the Story of the Exodus 13. Beirach - Grace Afuer Meals 6. Rachtzah - Wash Your Hands Again 14. Hallel - Psalms of Praise 15. Nirtzah – The End 7. Motzie - Blessing Over Bread 8. Matzah
Brief Halakhic Seder Kiddush & Shehechiyanu Read the midrash – or discuss the ● ● Torah Portion about first fruits (Deut Washing, Karpas Dipping, ● 26:1-10) Yachatz – splitting matzah – Plagues Ha Lachma Anya ● – Dayenu Ma Nishtana – Questions ● Rabban Gamliel – Pesach, Matzah ● and Marror Avadeem Hayinu (Physical ● Redemption) In Every generation ● – Rabbis in Bnei Berak Hallel ● – 4 sons 2 nd Cup ● Washing handa, Matzah, Marror, Idol worshipers (MiTechila) ● ● and Korech sandwich Wandering Aramean ● Afikomen ●
Brief Halakhic Seder II Blessing at end of Meal ● 3rd Cup ● Pour Out Your Wrath ● Hallel and final blessings ● 4th Cup ● – Optional all the songs ●
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